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<H1><A NAME="SECTION00030000000000000000"></A><!--End of Navigation Panel-->What
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<P>DAISY digital talking books are the international standard for
audio books for the blind and print disabled. They are offered in the
following formats: 
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	<LI><P>DAISY 2.02 
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	<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">The original format used by many of
	the worlds libraries for the blind including Vision Australia and
	TPB in Sweden. 
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	<LI><P>DAISY/NISO 2005 
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	<P>Also called DAISY 3 or DAISY z3986 this is the newer format used
	by Beyond Books Beyond Barriers in Western Australia and
	Bookshare.org 
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<P>In addition to the two format there are also three types of DAISY
books in each version: 
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	<LI><P>Full Text/Full Audio 
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	<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">Both the text and the audio are
	present in the book. The current version of Olearia support the
	audio playback of this type of book. The final released version will
	also support the display of the text as well as reading the text in
	the selected computer voice rather than the recorded audio 
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	<LI><P>Audio Only 
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	<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">Only the audio recording of the text
	is present. Olearia supports this type of book 
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	<LI><P>Text Only 
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	<P>Only the text is present in the book. There is no recorded audio.
	Bookshare.org books are an example of this type of book. The final
	release version of Olearia will support this type of book. 
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